In book 2 of the Code Name Series, Mountains of Fire, its D-Day. Men fight. Some live. Some die. This is the story of one who made a difference. In Pas de Calais, Henri, having saved Sonny, is now cornered by Waffen SS soldiers as they close in to end his life. Enter Lieutenant Robbie Robertson, and his team of paratroopers, sent in to fool the Germans as part of Operation Bodyguard.
Will their paths cross, and will the paratroopers arrive in time to save Henri?
Back in 2002, in New Hampshire, Jack and Emily face the demons of their past, and they are forced to confront them. Pitted against a cruel and vicious enemy, they learn the craft of Jack’s father to survive, and to avenge his death.
K.E. Pottie, the award-winning author of Code Name Sonny, continues the thrilling story of Henri, Madeline, Charlene and the French partisans as Jack and Emily uncover a plot to attack New York City with a dirty bomb.
Henri
This was the eve of the D-Day invasion, June ’44. Henri Gibert knew he would die on this night before the Allied landings. Waffen-SS soldiers, elements of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division, were hot on his trail, meaning to kill or capture him. He would not be taken alive. Death was preferable to torture by the Gestapo.
His intent was to sacrifice his life so that his young protégé, Sonny, could escape. They had made their way into the enemy positions in order for Sonny to board a plane for England.
Henri watched as the plane struggled through the pea field, bouncing on the uneven terrain. The mists swirled violently around the single-engine plane as if trying to hold it on the ground.
Come on, Henri thought, get out of here. Finally lifting off, the small plane dragged the mist with it, slowly gaining altitude. In the distance he could hear shots being fired. Bullets were ricocheting off the craft’s wings.
The pilot pulled the yoke back sharply, and the plane rose in altitude and slowly disappeared from view. Henri could see the enemy’s tracers follow the plane, but luckily no more bullets found their mark.
Good, Henri thought. I will die knowing that young man will make it.
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